A freshly scaffolded plugin could not load anywhere: the npm package is
ESM-only (no require condition in its exports map), so the scaffold's
require('trek-plugin-sdk') threw ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED under
`trek-plugin dev` - and the runtime injection the wiki promised for the
plugin child never existed, so a packed plugin (node_modules stripped)
crashed with MODULE_NOT_FOUND after a real install.
- plugin child: inject a frozen {definePlugin, PLUGIN_API_VERSION} shim
for require('trek-plugin-sdk'); subpaths fail with a pointed error
- trek-plugin dev: inject the exact same shim, so a fresh scaffold runs
with zero npm install and dev parity with production holds
- npm package: ship a real CommonJS build (dist/cjs + require export
conditions) so the installed package also requires cleanly on Node 18+
- create: scaffold a package.json (type commonjs, SDK as devDependency,
npx scripts); print resolvable `npx trek-plugin-sdk ...` hints
- wiki: package.json in the scaffold tree + publishing checklist, and
document the zero-install dev flow
Collapses the release into a single command: pack the artifact, tag + create the
GitHub release, run the registry CI checks locally (preflight), and open the
registry PR — stopping before it submits if preflight would fail, so a broken
entry never becomes a doomed PR. `--sign` signs it; `--no-preflight` skips the
gate. The individual pack/release/preflight/submit commands still exist.
README + the Development/Publishing/Permissions wikis lead with `publish` now.
Round out the author experience so the loop is create -> dev -> release/submit
without hand-work or a round-trip through registry review.
- `dev`: run a plugin locally with a real request loop and hot reload — no full
TREK. Injects a ctx that enforces the manifest's granted permissions (an
ungranted call throws, so you catch a missing grant), backs db:own with a real
SQLite file (node:sqlite), serves routes under /api and page/widget UI at /ui,
and reloads on save. Dependency-free (node:http + built-ins).
- `preflight`: run the registry CI checks locally over the network (tag->commit,
manifest parity, artifact sha256/size, native scan, README quality gate) so a
green run predicts a green CI.
- `submit`: fork TREK-Plugins, branch off current main, write/merge the entry,
push, and open the PR — the last manual publishing step, automated.
- `keygen`/`sign` + `--sign` on entry/release/submit: dependency-free Ed25519
author signatures over the artifact bytes, verified 1:1 against the server's
TOFU check. Fills authorPublicKey + signature and guards against a key change.
- `create` gains an interactive wizard (id/type/author/permissions) and flags.
- README + Development/Publishing/Permissions wikis document the new flow.
24 tests pass (sign round-trips through a server-shaped verifier; zip reader;
scaffold options; entry signing + key-change guard).
The docs told authors to run `npx create-trek-plugin` / `npx trek-plugin`,
but nothing published under those names, so npx couldn't resolve them.
- Ship one package, `trek-plugin-sdk`, with a bin that matches the package
name (`trek-plugin-sdk`) so `npx trek-plugin-sdk <command>` resolves with
zero install. The dispatcher gained a `create` subcommand, so every step
(create/validate/pack/entry/release) runs through that one entry point.
The short `trek-plugin` / `create-trek-plugin` bins still work once
installed.
- Package hardening for publish: repository+directory (monorepo subdir),
homepage/bugs/author/engines, publishConfig public, a prepublishOnly that
builds + tests, and a LICENSE file.
- A publish workflow: pushing a `plugin-sdk-v*` tag builds and publishes with
the NPM_TOKEN repo secret.
- Docs (SDK README + the four wiki pages) now use `npx trek-plugin-sdk <cmd>`,
the invocation that actually resolves.
The author-facing SDK, a standalone dependency-free package (not wired into the
app workspaces, so it can't affect the app build).
- definePlugin + the full plugin type surface (PluginContext, PluginRoute,
PluginJob, PhotoProvider, CalendarSource) mirroring what the isolated runtime
injects; PLUGIN_API_VERSION.
- createMockHost (trek-plugin-sdk/testing): a PluginContext that enforces the
SAME permission model + membership checks, so authors can unit-test that their
plugin degrades gracefully — no running TREK needed.
- validateManifest: the exact rules the registry CI runs, so a local pass
predicts a CI pass.
- CLIs: create-trek-plugin (scaffolds a working plugin + README + starter iframe)
and trek-plugin validate (manifest + README sanity).
Consolidating the server loader to import this shared validator is a follow-up.
Maurice